A Candle for the Devil (1973)

Original title

Una vela para el diablo

Directed by

Eugenio Martín

Genre

horror film, satanic film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two repressed sisters in Spain run a small inn and murder a British guest. When the victim's sister arrives to meet her, the sisters try to cover up their crime.

tenseunsettlingslow-burnbleakclaustrophobicpsychologically disturbingreligiousgothic

What happens

A Candle for the Devil (lit. Spanish: Una vela para el diablo), also released as It Happened at Nightmare Inn, is a 1973 Spanish horror film directed by Eugenio Martín and starring Aurora Bautista and Judy Geeson. Its plot follows two sisters in Spain, both suffering from extreme repression and religious paranoia, who murder a British guest at their inn just before her sister arrives to meet with her. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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